to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
two (long cylindrical things)
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
Sparta (ancient Greek city-state); hard education; hard training; strict; severe
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
special training; intensive training; crash course
second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
kanji compound; idiom; idiomatic phrase
the staff; inside the department
tendency; trend; inclination
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
why; how; for what reason
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan